{"product_id":"burdens-by-water-alan-rifkin-9781941932049","title":"Burdens by Water: An Unintended Memoir","description":"In a series of strangely resilient personal adventures-often beginning with breakups, and fueled by a sense of \"invincible longing\"-essayist Alan Rifkin flings himself at the last vestiges of the Southern California Dream. He chases summer with a pool man, lives with monks in a Santa Barbara monastery, joins a dysfunctional Los Angeles writing club, communes with wild dolphins, traces the steps of Otzi the Iceman, emulates a Bible-based marriage, and confronts his mother's last season in his beloved San Fernando Valley, in each case wrestling with mysteries of heaven and earth. By the time he looks up, he has waded deep into the complications of later life-compromised love, family tragedy, and what it might mean to be a grownup in the 21st century West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Rifkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941932045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941932049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brown Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Alan Rifkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44321521139967,"sku":"9781941932049","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f204eac-36d7-4861-953b-dad31d982fc7.jpg?v=1696331327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/burdens-by-water-alan-rifkin-9781941932049","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}